Cigar-case



(No Model.)

A. H. HIEATZMAN. 'GIGAROASE.

No. 450,312. Patented Apr. 14,1891.

WITNEZEEEIE NITED STAT-ES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR H. HIEATZMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CIGAR-CASE.

SBECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,312, dated April 14, 1891.

Application filed August 6, 1890. Serial No. 361,384. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR H. HIEATZ- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a cigar case and extinguisher; and its object is to cut off the fire or burning portion of a partly-smoked cigar and also to provide a case for preserving or keeping the remaining portion of the cigar for further use.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is an outside view of the case. Fig. 2 is a sectional viewof the telescoping portion of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the body portion of the case. Fig. 4 is a cross-section of the body portion on line 4 4, Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are two views showing a modified constructionvof the body portion and cutter thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the body portion, and B the telescoping portion, of the case, respectively, which may be made of any suitable material and of any desired shape. The cylindric form, however, is preferable. ing portion B is open at one end and closed at the other and has two slits a, one on either side, which extend from the open end and along a greater portion of its length. By this construction the remaining portion of the tube on either side of the said slits or forms springs,which bind against the inner surface of the wall of the body portion A when the said telescoping portion is inserted into the same. The body portion A is provided'with a partition b near one of its ends 0. Both of the ends of the body portion are open, however. Between the partition and the said end 0 and extending crosswise of the tubular body A is a strip of metal or other suitable material d, which forms the cutting-blade. This may be done away with by shaping the partition I) like the letter V. The angle formed in said partition I) substitutes the blade (1. Holes e for the escape of hot cigar-ashes are in the wall of the body portion or tubular body A, between the said partition I) and blade d; The object of this construction is The telescopas follows: When it is desired to extinguish or cutoff the fire of a lighted cigar, the burning end of the same is inserted into the said end a and against the blade (1 and then given one or two turns. The blade cl will thereby cut off the fire or burning portion, which will fall or escape from the body portion through the said holes e. After the fire has been cut off in this manner the remaining portion of the cigar is inserted in the telescoping portion B and the said telescoping portion inserted into the body portion A, as seen in Fig. 1tl1at is, the open end of the telescoping portion B is inserted into the open end f of the body portion. By this means the cigar is entirely incased.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the cutting-blade is formed by stamping or cutting a portion of the wall of the body portion A in such a manner as to form two tongues g, one on either side of and near the end 0 of the body portion. When the said tongues are bent into and at right angles to the length of the body portion, they form the cutting-blade. This blade in the present instance forms the support for the cigar inserted into the other end of the body portion, and thereby takes the place of the partition I). The ashes will in this case fall through the other end of the body portion instead of side openings.

It is obvious that a piece of wire and other materials would answer the same purpose as the. blade herein described.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a cigar extinguisher and case, the combination of a body portion A, a telescoping portion 13, and means whereby to cut off the fire or burning portion of a cigar, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cigar extinguisher and case, the combination of a body portion, and means therein to remove the fire or burning portion of a cigar from the unburned portion.

3. In a cigar extinguisher and case, the combination of a body portion A, a blade cl near one end of and extending crosswise of said body portion, and means whereby to close the other end of body portion.

4. In a cigar extinguisher and case, the combination of the body portion A, provided with holes in its wall for the escape of ashes,

a partition extending across the body portion and near one end of the same, and a blade d, extending crosswise of the said body portion, as set forth.

5. In a cigar extinguisher and case, the

combination of a body portion A, a partition, near one end of said body portion and extending across the interior of the same, and

a cutter, also extending across the body portion between one end of the same and said partition.

6. In a cigar extinguisher and case, the combination of a body portion A, a partition near one end of said body portion and ex- ARTHUR H. I-IIEATZMAN.

Witnesses:

t W. HUME CRAIG, J. L. CRAIG. 

